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Sonia Gandhi declares Telangana State
Updated : Apr 16, 2014
Sonia Gandhi spells out Telangana and brings a huge cheer in the crowds. Addressing the 1st rally Rally in Andhra Pradesh at Karimnagar today evening she declared that Telangana would be the 29th state of India on June 2.Taking full credit for the bifurcation, she said that despite the BJP party and the TDP opposing it in the Parliament till the last minute the Congress has toiled hard to make the Telangana dream a reality. She asked the people not to worry and that the Congress would do everything for its development. The 60-year old dream of Telangana has come true because of the UPA .Taking a dig at the TRS chief K ChandraSekha Rao and his family she said that it is not family politics unlike the TRS party and Congress is only the party who ushered in Telangana .She spoke about the benefits that Congress would give if elected to power.She said that the Congress party makes promises and delivers them unlike others and spoke about building a 4000 MW Power sector benefits power plant and tax exemptions for them, where farmer loans will be waived, Backward, SC, ST castes will be given additional benefits and that the Hyderabad revenues would be for Telangana only.
Speaking for exactly 13 minutes she appealed to the people to Vote for the Congress and for a better Telangana.